Ticket and ticket holding device



Oct. 5, 1943.

G. H. TAYLOR 2,331,086

TICKET AND TICKET HOLDING DEVICE Filed sept.' so, 1941 l @s 65 4+ @7 La?,

IN V EN TOR.

Patented Cet'. 5, 1943 UNITED f PATE-Nr OFFICE s claims."v (Ciccantil My invention relates to price tickets and holding meansv for such tickets. f

In stores, particularly self-service stores, price tickets are used to indicate' the valueof the myer-V chandise. These tickets are usually mounted upon moldings which are secured to the 'edges of the shelves and hence the tickets are held inrclose relation to the corresponding goods. Suchmoldings have grooves tov receivek the edges ofthe' price tickets and the pricek tickets areadjustable or shiftable within the grooves longitudinally of the molding. As a result rofthis, considerable inconvenience and errors are' caused by the `irnproper or accidental shifting ofthe price tickets with respect to the merchandise; .To Overcome this dirculty, the price' tickets are sometimes nailed or tacked tothe molding, with theresult that the tickets as well jas the molding aremarred or destroyed. M t

In accordance with` my invention, Iprovide tickets having characters or.` numerals f, printed upon the front face only, with or Without the value designations', such as' the centvrnark, or with or without direction' indications', such `as a hand or arrow pointing toward the jgoodsto which the price applies. The rear.faces'.f` the f tickets are coated in whole or yin part with a pressure-sensitive adhesive, which is permanent` ly' plastic or non-drying', such asa vrubberce'ment or rubber compound usedonV masking' tape.,T'his masking tape is frequently employed by'painters' for holding shields over the surfaces not to' be sprayed. This pressure-sensitive adhesive will attach itself to a surface, when subjected'to 'a slight pressure. The price ticketwith the pressure-sensitive" adhesive applied to its ,rear tace' is mounted upon the mowing, andtheachesive attaches to thel surface of the molding or a strip` carried thereby'. The `pressure-sensitiveadhef sive attaches to the surface sumciently toposi` tively prevent the accidental or improperjsh'iftpermanently attached thereto and Will permit the price ticket being' separated from the surface, upon proper" manipulation. When the y ing or displacement of theprice ticket', but is 'not price tickets have value indicating` characters j or direction indicating' characters, a portion of one ticket may overlap a `portion of the other ticket to cover the' characters of one ticket. The two tickets' are thus' held together for use and the twoconnected tickets may be mountedupon the molding or secured to an article of merchandise 4by the same pressure-sensitive adhesive on the back of the two connected tickets.

In the accompanying drawing forming a partV the same,

of vthis application and in which likenumerals are employedto designatelike parts throughout Figure 1 is a perspective View of price tickets and aV ticket holding device, embodying my in'- vention; n y n gure 2 is a transversesection taken' on line 2--f2 of 4 Figurefl, y t

Figure .3' is a transverse section through a modified formof molding andprice ticket,

Figure 4 is atra'risv'erse section through a further modified form of Figure 5 is a rear elevation of one of the price tickets, y Y f Figure V(i shows ytwo of the price ticketsl arranged in a, manner to indicate their overlapping `relation whereby one price ticket covers the pricegi'ndicating and the direction indicating characters of the other price ticket, y

vFigurev 'I Y, shows two of the connected overlapping price tickets secured` to `an article ofvmerchandise, t l Y ,f

y Figure 8 is afront elevationof a strip. offpr'ice tickets having abackin'g sheet secured to the rear adhesive carrying facefof the same,` and, A Figure 9 is an elevation of the rear faceroitthe strip of price tickets showing the .backing sheet unperforated. y .l LV Y In theldrawingv'wherein Vfor thepurpose of illustration are shown preferred embodiments of my invention, attention being called first to Figures 1 and2, the numeral' I0' designates a molding which mayfbe Afornied'of wood and is prefV erably of the shape shown in Figures 1 to 4' inclusiveV of my Patent 1,972,959. This molding has' iianges IImand undercut grooves I2, to receivev a resilient stripl I3. This resilient strip is4 preff crabl'y laminated yand includes a rear cardboard layer I4 and a frontv Cellophane or Celluloid layer are consideralolyv resilient and increaseA the resiliency ofthe entire lstrip I3.` The tongues IT are.

arranged uponthe rear face of the resilient strip I`3`, `between it and theV front face of Ythe molding,`A and serve to space the rear lface of the strip from thefiront face of the molding. thereby providing'` a spaceffat .the rear of theresilient strip so that the resilient strip .may'be depressedl Within the,

space, upon the application" of, pressurel tothe. Same'. 'It is desirable that the molding have a surface'which is dense Yand smooth so that the molding and price ticket,

non-drying adhesive of the price tickets, to be described, will have sucient attachment to the dense and smooth surface to properly prevent accidental or improper displacement of the price tickets, but will permit of the separationof the price tickets from the smooth surface when desired, without leaving a deposit of the adhesive material upon the smooth surface.

In Figure 3, I have shown a molding I8 which may be formed of glass. This molding has flanges I9 and undercut grooves 20 and a surface 2| which is preferably transversely convex and has a longitudinal groove 22. Since the molding is formed of glass its face 2| provides a dense and smooth surface so that the adhesive'of the price ticket will attach itself thereto in the desired manner, as explained in connection with the rst form of molding. The groove 22 permits of the insertion of a tool, such as a pencil point, behind the ticket to separate the ticket from the smooth face 2|. While it is preferred that the molding I8 be formed of glass it may be formed of other suitable material which would provide a dense and smooth surface 2|, such as Bakelite, or other plastics, or even polished metal.

In Figure 4, I have shown a molding 23 which may be formed of Wood having flanges 24 and grooves 25 'which are parallel with the face 26. The strip 21 is the same as the strip I3 including the rear cardboard layer 28 and the front Cellophane or Celluloid layer 29. The strip is bent to provide the tongues 30. The tongues 30 are arranged upon the rear face of the resilient strip between it and the front face of the molding and serve to space the `rear face of the strip from the front face of the molding thereby providing a space upon the rear face of the strip into which the strip may be depressed when pressure is applied to the front face of the strip. This arrangement affords a surface which is flat and the surface is dense and smooth.

The numeral 3| designates price tickets, which maybe formed of cardboard and having characters, such as numerals 32 printed upon their front faces only. The front faces may also be provided with value and direction indicating characters 33 and 34, printed upon the front faces thereof only. It is preferred that the price tickets, after the printing of the same, have their front faces covered with a sheet of transparent Cellophane or Celluloid, and secured thereto, as indicated at 35, for providing a dense and smooth surface or this dense and smooth surfacemay be provided by coating or spraying the ticket with a cellulose paint, such as cellulose acetate, or the ticket may itself be formed of a material which will provide a dense and smooth surface, such as pyroxylineor Celluloid. Each price ticket 3| for its rear face coated with a pressure-sensitive permanently plastic adhesive -36, such as a rubber cement or rubber compound, used upon masking `tape as explained. This adhesive preferably extends over the entire area of the rear face of the ticket, and is capable of repeated applications in attaching the ticket to a surface and removals from such surface and will releasably adhere to smooth surfaces under adverse weather conditions and may be separated from the smooth surface without leaving an adhesive deposit thereon. I may also use the pressure-sensitive adhesive employed upon the ordinary surgical tape. This adhesive 36 is permanently plastic and will `adhere to a smooth surface, when subjected to slight pressure.

The numeral 3l designates price tickets which 2,331,086 j .c L

are identical with the price tickets 3|, front and back, except that the indicating characters 33 and 34 are omitted and therefore the tickets 3| are arranged in edge-to-edge relation instead of overlapping.

In the use of the tickets in connection with the molding shown in Figures l and 2 and the resilient strip |3, such tickets are placed upon the molding in advance of the strip and their edges are held Within the grooves I2. The price ticket is pressed gently against the dense and smooth surface alforded by the strip |3 and the non-drying adhesive 36 will attach the price ticket to the strip I3 so that the price ticket cannot be accidentally shifted longitudinally of the strip I3. However, since the surface afforded by the strip is dense and smooth, the price ticket may be separated from the backing strip by the insertion of the finger nail or a suitable implement between the edges of the price ticket and the strip. Since the backingstrip is resilient and since there is a space at its intermediate portion, the connection between the backing strip and the adhesive may also be broken by forcing the strip. inwardly. Since the surface of the strip is dense and smooth the non-drying adhesive will not leave a deposit of the cement on such surface upon the separation of the price ticket from thesame, thus insuring av clean and attractive surface. Since the glass molding I8 in Figure 3 providesv a dense and smooth surface 2|, the non-drying cement will attach the price ticket to the same and hold the same against accidental displacement and will permit of the proper separation of the price ticket and the surface 2| without leaving a cement deposit upon such surface. The same is true of the use of the molding 23, Figure 4, and its strip 2l having the dense and smooth surface. The price tickets 3I which do not overlap, are attached by the cement to the dense and smooth surface of the molding. The price tickets 3| may be arranged in overlapping relation so that a portion of one ticket covers the value and direction indicating characters 33 and 34. 'I'hus two price tickets printed 4c maybe assembled in overlappingV relation to produce 44e The cement 3S upon the frontprice ticket will secure this price ticket to the rear price ticket whereby they are attached to produce a unit, without the necessity of slits for intertting the tickets, such as shown in Vmy Patent No. 1,529,968. The overlapping connected price tickets may be arranged upon themolding I 0 and the cement upon the rear sides will attach the same to the dense and smooth surface -of the molding. The assembled overlapping price tickets may also be directly mounted upon the goods, as shown in Figure 7, and the cement 36 will secure the same thereto. Since the front faces of the price tickets have a surface which is dense and smooth, when the overlapping price tickets are separated, a cement deposit will not be'left upon the front face of the previouslyrear price ticket.

In the manufacture of the price tickets 3| or 31, it is preferred to print them from a continuous strip, which is transversely perforated at 3B. This strip of connected price tickets has its rear surface coated with the cement 3B and this rear surface is covered by a backing sheet 39, such as waxed paper, which is continuous since the per.. forations do not extend through the same. This will permit of the separation of the individual price tickets 3| and removing the backing sheet 39 from the same. This provides a convenient method Of handling the price tickets prior to iront face of the strip, the resilient strip being be returned to the backing sheet 39, which will cover the adhesive.

It is to be understood'that the forms of my invention herewith shownkand described are to be taken as preferred examples of the same and that various 'changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, what yI claim is:

1. A molding having holding devices near its longitudinal edges, a resilient strip mounted upon the molding and having its material near its longitudinal edges bent inwardly upon itself to provide longitudinal tongues disposed upon .the rear face of the resilient strip, the edges of the strip being arranged within the holding devices and the tongues serving to space the rear face of the strip from the frontface of the molding to provide a space at the rear face of the strip, the resilient strip having a smooth front face, and a flexible price ticket having acharacterfupon its iront face and having its rear ace'provided with a pressure-sensitive adhesive for releasably -attaching the rear face of the ticket to the smooth adapted to be depressed into the .spacefor separa-ting the ticket from the strip.

2. A molding having longitudinally extending holding devices, a resilient strip mounted upon the molding and having its longitudinal edges held Within the longitudinal holding devices, a front sheet formed of 'a plastic which is dens-e and smooth, said front sheet being mounted upon the outer face oiv the resilient stripand having a Width greater than the Width vof thefstrip and having its longitudinal edges bent aboutl the longitudinal edges of the resilient stripfor-aifording ets, each price ticketlincluding an inner sheet,

each inner sheet having a main character upon its lfront face and designating character or characters upon its front face, an outer sheet formed of a plastic which is dense and smooth and securedv to thefront face of the innerv sheet, each inner sheet having its rear face provided with a pressure-sensitive adhesive extending over substantially the entire area of such rear face, one ticket being arranged in overlapping relation with the other ticket to cover the designating i dense outer sheet of the rear ticket throughout f substantially the entire vertical dimension of the rear ticket so that the tickets are retained assembled adjacent to their top and bottoms, the assembled tickets being lmounted upon the smooth dense front sheet of the resilient strip. and releasably secured to the saine bythe pres sure-sensitive adhesive vupon the rear face of the tickets. n y v l 3. A kticket holding device having longitudinal iianges which overhang the face of such device,

said flanges having grooves beneath them, a resilient strip to be arranged upon the ticket holding device and having its longitudinal edges inserted Within the grooves, said resilient strip having its materiaI bent upon itself at said longitu dinal edges to provide resilient tongues which'are disposed upon the rear'face of the resilient strip and thereby leaving the front face of the resilient strip free `from projections adjacent to said lonlongitudinal edges inserted within the grooves,

the resilient tongues, longitudinal edge portions of the resilient strip, longitudinall edge portions of the tickets, andftheflanges being disposed in n overlapping relation lso that'the combined resilient actions of the 4strip and tongues serve to hold the tickets upon'the flanges against improper displacement.

i GEORGEJHTAYLOR. 

